diff --git a/packages/bazel/test/ng_package/common_package.spec.ts b/packages/bazel/test/ng_package/common_package.spec.ts
index 98d3cf84f3..d2d723e94c 100644
--- a/packages/bazel/test/ng_package/common_package.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/bazel/test/ng_package/common_package.spec.ts
@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@ describe('@angular/common ng_package', () => {
       const files = shx.ls('locales').stdout.split('\n');
       expect(files.some(n => n.endsWith('.d.ts'))).toBe(true, `.d.ts files don't exist`);
       expect(files.some(n => n.endsWith('.js'))).toBe(true, `.js files don't exist`);
-      expect(files.some(n => n.endsWith('.js.map'))).toBe(true, `.js.map files don't exist`);
     });
     it('/locales/extra', () => {
       const files = shx.ls('locales/extra').stdout.split('\n');
       expect(files.some(n => n.endsWith('.d.ts'))).toBe(true, `.d.ts files don't exist`);
       expect(files.some(n => n.endsWith('.js'))).toBe(true, `.js files don't exist`);
-      expect(files.some(n => n.endsWith('.js.map'))).toBe(true, `.js.map files don't exist`);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/common/BUILD.bazel b/packages/common/BUILD.bazel
index 7e78d4bce3..e84f675896 100644
--- a/packages/common/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/common/BUILD.bazel
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@ ng_package(
         "//packages/common/http/testing:package.json",
         "//packages/common/testing:package.json",
     ],
-    data = [
-        "//packages/common/locales",
-    ],
     entry_point = "packages/common/index.js",
+    packages = ["//packages/common/locales:package"],
     tags = ["release-with-framework"],
     deps = [
         "//packages/common",
diff --git a/packages/common/locales/BUILD.bazel b/packages/common/locales/BUILD.bazel
index bf64b9cce6..c061c1b6f7 100644
--- a/packages/common/locales/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/common/locales/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
-load("//tools:defaults.bzl", "ts_library")
+load("//tools:defaults.bzl", "ts_library", "npm_package")
 
 ts_library(
     name = "locales",
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@ ts_library(
     ),
     module_name = "@angular/common/locales",
 )
+
+npm_package(
+    name = "package",
+    deps = [":locales"],
+)